Depoliticize everything

"What strain of person derives profit -- monetary or psychic -- from elected office? Mostly the strain of person I strive to avoid: the nosy neighbor too quick to comment on your daughter's comings and goings; the junior-college erudite miffed by the world's reluctance to embrace his brilliance; the sentimental Luddite who believes yesterday is always better than today; the impassioned community organizer whose sentences are too peppered with 'we' and 'must.'" (10/27/11)